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Ezra Klein described it as a biography of Hubert Humphrey that follows him up to the 1948 Democratic Convention, emphasizing his work to embed a strong civilrights plank in the party platform.
Since I just sort of alluded to Hubert Humphrey, I'm going to recommend first a great book, Into the Bright Sunshine, Young Hubert Humphrey and the Fight for Civil Rights. It's by Samuel G. Friedman....
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Ezra Klein described it as a biography of Hubert Humphrey that follows him up to the 1948 Democratic Convention, emphasizing his work to embed a strong civilrights plank in the party platform.
Since I just sort of alluded to Hubert Humphrey, I'm going to recommend first a great book, Into the Bright Sunshine, Young Hubert Humphrey and the Fight for Civil Rights. It's by Samuel G. Friedman. And it is basically a biography of Hubert Humphrey up until the 1948 Democratic Convention, when he maneuvers with the Americans for Democratic Action to put a civilrights plank into the Democratic Party platform.